Clothes-rack.



M. W. YELA.

CLOTHES RACK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5. 1915.

1,154,083. PatentedSept. 21, 1915.

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M. W. YELA.

CLOTHES R APPLICATION FILED 1915.

1,1 54,083, Patentd Sept. 21, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINO'IUN, D. t.

MARIE W. YELA, OF KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA.

CLOTHES-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Application filed April 5, 1915. Serial No. 19,350.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARIE W. YELA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kendallville, in the county of Noble and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Racks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to-which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to clothesracks or driers and more particularly to those designed for attachment to a stove.

The object of the invention is to provide a foldable clothes rack adapted to be mounted when extended, upon a support being especially designed for use on an oil heater.

WVith this and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed. Y 7

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a side elevation of this improved clothes rack shown applied to an oil heater; Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on theline 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view showing the free ends of two of the arms connected by the improved locking link.

In the embodiment illustrated, an oil heater H is shown on the top of which this improved clothes rack is mounted but it is to be understood that the rack may be attached to any other support or to any other form of stove for which it is to be adapted.

The rack which constitutes this invention, comprises a plurality of foldable wings W each composed of radially extending arms 1 which are pivotally mounted on a ring 2 of any suitable or desired diameter, said ring being preferably made of heavy wire and of about. four inches in diameter. The arms 1 are also shown formed of heavy wire with loops 3 at their inner ends which slidably engage the ring 2 to provide for the folding of the arms when it is desired to collapse the racks for storage or for other purposes. Suitable spacing elements 4 connect the arms '1 and these elements are here shown in the form of small chains which limit the opening movements of the arms and .which are here shown connected therewith near their inner ends. The outer ends ofthe of heavy wire bent to form the wings above described. These rods 5 between the loops 8 and the ring 6 are shown in the form of a compound curve curving downwardly and inwardly from the loops 8 as shown at 5 then outwardly and downwardly as shown at 5, thus forming reliable supports for the radial horizontally disposed arms 1.

The lower ends of the supporting rods 5 merge into outwardly and downwardly curved legs, some of which are provided at their free ends with feet 9 which are designed to rest on the top of the stove or other support to assist in maintaining the rack in upright position thereon, and others of which are elongated at their free ends and provided with clamping members 10 which are designed to be engaged with the stove top or other support at points below the feet 9 of the shorter legs and which in connection with said feet 9 serve to reliably hold the rack in operative position, said members 10 being here shown in the form of hooks for engaging the edge of the stove top.

From the above description, it will be obvious that when the rack is disposed as described that the arms 1 will radiate from the ring 2 and be disposed over the stove H thereby exposing the articles hung thereon to the heat of the stove at a safe distance to prevent scorching thereof and without noticeably interfering with the simultaneous warming of the surrounding atmosphere.

The wings W are designed to be held in open position by means of a catch here shown in the form of a ring 11 which is carried by the outer end of one of the arms 1 and is designed to be slipped over the outer end of an adjacent arm as shown in Fig. 2, there being noconnecting chain 4 between these two wings so that they'may be readily collapsed and folded flat when not in use, after the ring has been disengaged from the wing adjacent it. When so folded this ring 11 is slipped over the outer ends of all the rings and thus holds them in col are disengaged from the stovetop and the wings may then be swung laterally toward each other on the rings 2 and 6 and the rack may then be'stored'in a comparatively small 7 space.

Thirteen of the arms 1 are here shown but itwill be obvious that anydesired number may be employed and that 'the rack while shown composed of heavy wire may equally well beconstructed of flat bars or any other suitable or desiredform. VVhenthe device is to be used as an attachment for an oil heater, it is preferably made of aluminum-or steel wire of light weight to render itas light as-possible consistent with the requisite strength, and it may of course be-made of any desired size.- 7

I claim as my invention: 1 i

1. A foldable clothes rack comprising an annularsupporting member, a plurality of ing means for said arms rigidly connected arms slidably connected therewith and extending radially therefrom, chains connecting all of said arms except two,means for fastenlngr said free arms together, support therewith, and means-for clampingsaid sup porting means to a support.

2. A foldable clothes rack comprisin'g an annular supporting member, a plurality of arms slidably connected therewith and extending radially therefrom, chains connecting all of said armsexcept two, means'for fastening-said free arms together, supporting rods connected with the outer ends of said arms, means for connecting said sup'-' porting rods, and means for detachably connecting said rods with a support.

3. A foldable clothes rack comprising ver-' tically spaced annular supporting members,

I a plurality of arms slidably connected with the uppermost member and extending ra dially therefrom, chains connectingall of saidarms except two, means for fastening said free arms together, supporting rods secured at one end to the outer ends of said arms, the other ends of said rodsbeing slidably connected with the lowermost annular supporting member, and supportengaging feet secured to the last named endsof said rods 'whereby the rack is held securely to a support.

4 A foldable-clothes-rack comprising ,la-

supporting member, arms slidably connected therewith and extending radially therefrom, chains connecting all of said arms except two, means for fastening said free arms together, supporting rods fixedly connected with the outer ends of saidarms, said rods being provided at their free'ends with support engaging feet;

5. A foldable clothes rack comprising a supporting member, a plurality of spaced arms slidably connected therewith and extending radially therefrom, supportingrods connected'with the outer ends of said arms,

said rods being provided at theirifree' lower' ends with support engaging legs, some of said legs being-longer than othersand provided at their extremities with securing hooks, the shorter legs beingprovided with feet for bearing on a support and cooperating with the hooks of the other legs to clamp the rack securely to a support. 7

6. v A clothes drying attachment comprising an annular member, a plurality of'radially extending arms'having loops attheir inner ends pivotally and slidablyengaged with said annular member, curved supporting rods for said arms securedto the outer ends of said arms, a ring pivotally and slldably connected with said supporting-rods,

and support engaging feet carried'by said rods. r

-7. A clothes rack comprising'anannular member, a plurality of arms extending radially therefrom and loosely engaged therewith, supports for said arms depending from their outer endsfand each made in'the form of a compound curve fixed at one end to one of said radial arms and merging at its otherend into a support engaging leg,

and a ring engaged with said supports at their junction with said legs.

8. A clothes rackcomprlsing an annular member, a plurality of armsextending ra-.

dially-therefrom and loosely engaged therewith, supports for said arms depending from their outer e'nds and each-made in the form of a compound curve fixed at oneend to one of said radial arms" and merging'at its other end into an outwardly bowed support engaging leg, said supports having eyes at their lower ends, and a ring loosely engagedwith said eyes.

9.-'A clothes rack comprising anfa'nn'ular member, a plurality of arms extendingradially therefrom and loosely engaged therewith, supports for said arms depending from their outer ends and each'ma'de in the form of a compound curve fixed at one end to one of said radial arms and merging at its other end into anoutwardly bowed support engaging leg, someof said legs being longerthan others and provided with securing hooks, and an annular member for re- A tami'ngsaid supports in operative position.

1 l0. A clothesra'clreemprising annular? member, a plurality of arms extending radially therefrom and loosely engaged therewith, supports for said arms depending from their outer ends and each made in the form of a compound curve fixed at one end to one of said radial arms and merging at its other end into an outwardly bowed support engaging leg, some of said legs being longer than others and provided with securing hooks, and an annular member for retaining said supports in operative position,

the shorter legs having feet for bearing on a support and cooperating with the hooks of the other legs to clamp the rack securely to its support.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit nesses.

MARIE W. YELA; Witnesses:

FREDERICK J. GOKE, ARCI-IY CAMPBELL.

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